Gayle had said that he would be retiring from ODI cricket after the 2019 World Cup but he later backtracked on that after the end of the tournament. 

The West Indies veteran opener is all set to make an international cricket return at the age of 41 after the southpaw was picked for the national squad for the T20I series against Sri Lanka.

At 41, Gayle will return to West Indies' T20I squad for the series against Sri Lanka, while fast bowler Fidel Edwards makes a comeback to the national team after 8 years.

Rashid Khan, whose team Lahore Qalandars has won both the matches, has been called up to play against Zimbabwe.

Chris Gayle was at his blazing best when the burly Jamaican light up the ongoing Pakistan Super League with a firework of an innings of 68 runs off just 44 deliveries.

Waseem Muhammad remained unbeaten on 56 off just 13 balls as his side, Northern Warriors chased the 98-run target in merely 4.3 overs.

Gayle started off his innings with two dot balls before scoring 11 consecutive boundaries to equal his own record for fastest fifty in his cricketing career.

Around 400 foreign players have registered for the PSL starting from February 20, but the Pakistan Cricket Board said on Saturday that a few of them will not be available for the whole tournament

Gayle will be playing for Team Abu Dhabi in the upcoming edition of the Abu Dhabi T10 league slated to take place from January 28 to February 6.

Arguably the greatest limited-overs cricketer of all time, Gayle will take centre stage as the icon player for Team Abu Dhabi.

Malinga, who was supposed to lead the Galle Gladiators, said he didn't have any training since March and it would be tough for him to play a high-level tournament without any practice.

Gayle recently played seven matches for Kings XI Punjab in the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League in the United Arab Emirates where he amassed 288 runs, with a best of 99.

Sachin plays the Caribbean steel drum gifted to him by Lara and Gayle on his retirement seven years ago.

KXIP, coached by Anil Kumble, finished sixth on the points table with 12 points.  

Kings XI Punjab were eliminated from the race to the playoffs on Sunday after incurring a heavy defeat to Chennai Super Kings. 

Defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) were able to secure a playoffs spot. CSK fans, on the other hand, suffered a heartbreak amid their abysmal run in the on-going season.

Chris Gayle was dismissed on 99 by Jofra Archer during the Friday night's match in IPL 2020.

The Barbadian-born England pacer has hogged headlines on multiple occasions for his old tweets.

Requiring a run to complete his century, Gayle was cleaned up by a Jofra Archer yorker in KXIP's last over.

The English left-hander falls right after scoring a swashbuckling fifty to lay a strong foundation for RR in 186-run chase against KXIP.